Malé to Shanghai: buy now or wait?
Buy now FareScore 87/100
usually €290 €279 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 87% of what we have seen
10 Dec Vietjet With a stop
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All fares Malé → Shanghai
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10 Dec
09:10
Vietjet · 31h 20m
With a stop ↓2%
€284 €279
14 Jan
09:10
Vietjet · 31h 20m
With a stop
€291 €290
12 Jan
04:55
Maldivian · 11h 20m
Direct ↓14%
€369 €319
8 Dec
04:55
Maldivian · 29h 05m
With a stop ↓14%
€376 €322
23 Nov
05:45
AirAsia · 33h 45m
With a stop
€329
7 Jan
07:55
Singapore Airlines · 30h 25m
With a stop ↓2%
€341 €335
23 Jan
15:20
Hong Kong Airlines · 12h 05m
With a stop
€335
18 Jan
15:35
Greater Bay Airlines · 12h 15m
With a stop
€338
24 Nov
16:30
AirAsia · 23h 50m
With a stop
€339
22 Nov
05:45
AirAsia · 58h 35m
With a stop
€340
22 Nov
05:45
AirAsia X · 58h 35m
With a stop
€340
15 Nov
05:45
AirAsia · 58h 35m
With a stop
€342
What the history says
Prices recorded 173
Typical price €290
Lowest we saw €279
You save today €11
Based on 173 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
42–55 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €310 typical, on 10 observations. That is about €33 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Shanghai
December €290 37 observations
September €308 25 observations
November €329 57 observations
Booking tips from our fare data
- How far in advance should you book a flight?
- Book 1–1.5 months before departure. Tracking the same flights at every lead time (92,167 flights on 19,004 routes, 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-03), that window had the smallest average premium over each flight's lowest fare: +16.8%, against +49.3% in the last 3 days.
- What is the cheapest day of the week to fly?
- Wednesday. Comparing each fare with the median of its own route, Wednesday departures were +3.3% and Tuesday +4.1%, while Friday was the dearest at +10.5%. Weekend departures cost more than midweek ones.
- What is the cheapest month to fly?
- November 2026. Comparing each route's fares month by month (booked 8–60 days ahead), November 2026 departures were -1.1% against the route's own median, while September 2026 was the dearest at +6.2%. Covers September 2026, October 2026, November 2026, December 2026; fares observed 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-03.
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